Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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ll 16 1' THE HAMILTONIAN. Summary of the 'fxfiennial Catalogue Whole Number of Alumni, - 2288 Stelligerents, - ' - 556 Whole Number of Alumni Living, - - 1732 Graduates of the Maynard Law School, - 229 Lawyers, ---- - 439 Clergymen, - - 655 Foreign Missionaries, - ' - - I - 31 Moderators of the Presbyterian General Assembly, - 5 Commissioners to the General Assembly of 1882, 23 Members of Congress, - - - 23 State Governors, - 5 State Senators, - i - - - 20 Members of State Constitutional Conventions, 12 Supreme Court Judges, - - - 27 College Presidents, - - -, ---- 12 Regents of the University of the State of New York, 4 College Professors and Tutors, - - - '78 Theological Seminary Professors, - - 16 Normal School Principals and Professors, 11 Principals of Academies and High Schools, 96 Physicians, ---- 65 Bankers and Brokers, 37 Editors, - 62 Agriculturists, - - 20 Merchants, - - - 39 Civil Engineers and Architects, 9

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iii 18 THE HAMILTONIAN. SIGMH PHI- J I QKEKHE Sigma Phi Society originated at Union College in the same period and from ' E , Q the same iniluences which gave rise to the Kappa Alpha Fraternity. The organ- ,Q M ization of the Sigma Phi was completed in March, 1827. The Kappa Alpha had F? matured existence about a year earlier. These two were thefrrst of College Secret Societies. ' Union College was then in the front rank, vieing with Yale and Harvard in the size of its classes. The founders of the Sigma Phi were of marked ability, as most of them-as the Bowies of Maryland, Governor Beall of Wisconsin, the Rev. Dr. Chap- man of North Carolina, the Honorables Charles T- Cromwell and John T. Hudson -of New York-afterwards proved by their Life work. The society was brought from Union to Hamilton in 1831, by the Hon. John Cochran, who, having become a Sigma Phi at Union, returning to Hamilton to graduate, organized the society here. The original members of the Hamilton Chapter, known as the Beta of N. Y., included the late Hon. Thomas T. Davis, of Syracuseg the Rev. Prof. A. C. Kendrick, D. D. LL. D., of Rochester g Thomas W. Seward, of Utica g the Hon. E. C. Litchfield, founder of our observatory 9 the Rev. Drs. Brayton and Hague. The Sigma Phi has been very reluctant to found new Chapters, and but eight colleges have received its charters. Of these the New York University Chapter failed, owing to the peculiar arrangements of la city college, and that at Princeton from the opposi- tion of the college authorities. Six Chapters now exist-Union, Hamilton and Hobart in New York, Williams in Massachusetts, Vermont University and Michigan University. V The Sigma Phi has usually but few active members g rarely exceeding fifteen at any of its Chapters. Union, Hamilton, Williams and Michigan own Halls or Chapter Houses, and move- ments are making at the other Chapters towards this end. i P4 Q X 5 -i 'Q 111- i